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Narrenschiff Fountain (Narrenschiffbrunnen)
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Andrea und Huskys 🐺
June 11, 2024
Hiking
The Ship of Fools fountain is a fountain sculpture on Plobenhofstrasse. It is the work of the sculptor Jürgen Weber, who died in 2007. It is set up dry; no water flows over the fountain. The sculpture takes up the pictorial representations of Albrecht Dürer's woodcuts for Sebastian Brant's moral satire Ship of Fools from 1497.
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Martin
April 23, 2022
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The fountain sculpture was created in 1984-87. It was cast in two copies by the art foundry Lenz. The first cast is in Hamelin. The second copy was shown in …
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Isi-Sicilia
April 19, 2024
Running
The Ship of Fools was designed as a fountain, but so far it only exists as a sculpture. It is dedicated to the satire "The Ship of Fools" by the poet Sebastian Brant. Burdens and foolishness are represented here as human figures.
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Elevation 300 m
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